Yoshikuni Hatakeyama

Yoshikuni Hatakeyama (1521-1580) was the daimyo of the Hatakeyama clan.

Biography
Yoshikuni was the son of Yoshiuji Nihomatsu, and in 1547 he succeeded his father as daimyo of the Hatakeyama clan. Yoshikuni inherited a clan that owned several possessions across Japan, and he had conflicts with the Ashina clan in northern Japan. He was friendly with the Date clan of Mutsu Province at first, but he was later intimidated by the Date clan's expansion against the Mogami, and Harumune Date later seized Miyagi Prefecture from him.